Unlike USB- or FireWire-based DAWs, which are inherently prone to latency, Pro Tools|HD Native now can employ a high-speed Thunderbolt interface to connect Pro Tools HD Series interfaces with your laptop. By eliminating distracting monitor latency while recording, increasing your I/O capabilities, and providing 64-bit floating-point processing for more headroom and a higher mix resolution, you get a professional native solution that meets the highest audio standards.

Create complex, high-quality audio productions using the full capabilities of Pro Tools HD software in a lower-cost native solution. For music and post-production professionals who want the absolute best performance possible on the host, Avid Pro Tools|HD Native is a new generation of Pro Tools core system that harnesses the power of your computer to deliver the lowest latency and highest stability of any native system.

Easily compose, record, edit, and mix music or sound for picture with great speed and reliability. And with guaranteed high track counts, plus groundbreaking low latency, you can tackle bigger productions more confidently than ever before with a native workstation.

Features

Avid HD MADI

Capture pristine, high-resolution audio through premium mic preamps and monitor your sessions in up to 7.1 surround with the all-in-one Avid HD MADI Interface. Designed to completely integrate with Pro Tools|HD, HD MADIis an ideal choice for individual musicians, composers, post-production studios, and anyone else who demands top sound quality and the convenience of an all-in-one interface. Experience best-in-class A/D and D/A conversion, mic preamps, the lowest possible latency, and a full monitoring section-all in one compact interface.

Features:

Get the sound quality you've always wanted. With HD MADI, you can connect your mics, instruments, line-level gear, and digital devices, capture every audio nuance they deliver in stunning clarity, and choose how you want to monitor your mix.

Completely integrates with Pro Tools|HD for full routing, mixing, and monitoring control

Track hotter signals and smooth out sounds with Curv, a new built-in soft-knee limiter

Hear your mixes in however many channels you need, from stereo to 7.1 surround

Improve communication while tracking with dedicated cue path

Keep things in sync with dedicated Word Clock and Loop Sync I/O

Compact 1U rack-mountable chassis

Connects to Pro Tools|HD through a DigiLink Mini connection (cable and adaptor included)

Track, Mix, and Monitor in One
No need to route signals through multiple interfaces-with HD MADI, you can do everything in one single-space rack, so you save money and space. As the hub of any music studio, you can use HD MADI to record high-quality instrument and vocal performances, while providing dedicated cue mixes for artists, and monitor the performance through a discrete mix. For post production, not only do you have overdub and Foley recording capabilities at your disposal, you can use HD MADI to monitor mixes with up to 7.1 channels-and fold down mixes from 7.1 to almost any channel configuration subset.

Hear What You've Been Missing
Raising the bar on audio performance, HD MADI features premium A/D and D/A converters, so you can achieve higher audio fidelity, extensive dynamic range, super-low jitter, and the absolute lowest possible latency in your sessions. You also get built-in sample rate conversion and a soft clip feature for worry-free performance. And using Curv, a new built-in soft-knee limiter that catches even the fastest transients, you can track hotter signals and be assured that any unexpected peaks in your input won't put you in the red.

Full Monitoring Flexibility
Whether you want to listen in stereo or surround, monitor sound personally or set up a personal mix for someone else, or hear your work in headphones or on the big speakers, you can do it all with HD MADI. Mix and monitor up to 7.1 surround (with fold down to stereo). Hear how your mix sounds on different speakers using the Main and ALT speaker selections. Set up an integrated cue mix for artists to monitor. Or isolate yourself with your own headphone mix. And if you don't feel like launching Pro Tools-or even turning on your computer-HD MADI features a built-in, customizable, 14x26 pass-through mixer, so you can continue to monitor external sources, such as keyboards, drum machines, and digital music players, independently from your recording setup.

Work with Pro Tools and More
HD MADI and all other Pro Tools HD Series interfaces completely integrate with Pro Tools|HD, so you get maximum performance, dependability, and control of your inputs, outputs, routing, and monitoring right from your Pro Tools software interface. You'll also get higher production quality and greater workflow flexibility than with previous Pro Tools interfaces. And if you want to use your interface with Pro Tools|HD and other DAW software, you can do that too, as all Pro Tools|HD systems support Core Audio and ASIO drivers.